Pertamina Terima Kompensasi BBM Rp137 Triliun Dari Pemerintah, Dirut Nicke Widyawati: Terima Kasih

Pertamina President Director Nicke Widyawati (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero) Nicke Widyawati expressed her gratitude for the compensation payment given by the government to Pertamina amounting to IDR 137.62 trillion (including taxes) or IDR 118.62 trillion (excluding taxes).

The funds are compensation for the difference in the selling price of formulas and retail selling prices at gas stations for the distribution of certain types of diesel fuel (JBT) and Pertalite Special Assignment Fuel Types (JBKP) whose value has been reviewed by the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP).

"We would like to thank the government for accelerating the payment of fuel compensation funds that Pertamina has distributed in the first semester of 2022. The compensation fund has entered the company's treasury and this is a form of the Government's full support for Pertamina in carrying out subsidized fuel distribution assignments," he said in an official statement quoted on Thursday, November 3.

According to Nicke, appreciation to the Government is also conveyed for its support for Pertamina's activities in carrying out government programs to realize energy sovereignty throughout the Republic of Indonesia through the One Price Fuel program.

"We urge the public to consume fuel wisely and start switching to consume fuel that is more environmentally friendly as a form of support to the Government," he added.

Pertamina, continued Nicke, will continue to strive to make efforts so that this subsidized fuel is optimally consumed by the people who are entitled.

These efforts are the use of information technology to monitor the purchase of subsidized fuel at gas stations in real time to ensure that consumers who buy are entitled people.

Then the program to strengthen digitalization facilities and facilities at gas stations. As a result, more and more gas stations are connected to Pertamina's digitalization system, making monitoring and supervision easier.

In addition, said Nicke, Pertamina also continues to provide operational cost efficiency, both at the holding and subholding levels.

As of September 2022, the realization of the cost efficiency program at Pertamina Group has reached 535.56 million US dollars or around Rp. 7.83 trillion.

"Pertamina continues to strengthen the provision and distribution of subsidized fuel, in order to be more efficient and optimal with the support of the government and society," concluded Nicke.